Mitten



Feb. 24, 1942. B. KENNEDY 2,274,335

MITTEN Filed March 7, 1941 3 1 mventor Be/9'@ )en/Wely Patented Feb. 24, 1942 j UNifrEo sbires param f OFFICE nppiicautnimareh l7, 1941, serial Nonsense a. claims. (ci. `,2f-158) 'I-his-1inv `en'tion vrelates to' improvements `in jgloves, a particular purpose being to provide `a mitten possessing certain novel characteristics.

r`Mittens,wl'iicl'i are typified as'vconsisl'ling` of a common pocket for all or' the lingers oia hand and a separate stalll for the thumb, Aoliertlie wearer Va kindt of freedom which is Vnot `had so readily withgloves wherein each of the 4lingers :andthe thumbare separately stalled.v 'In a mitten the wearer hasa perceptible factor of-fi'inger Yfreedom `in the previously mentioned lcommon pocket, which recommends it to use in` sports and .a fairly wide variety of analogous purposes.

'But whereiami'tt'en possesses advantages in the .letter respectits use isdisadvantageous `when the wearer iinds it necessary to handle railroad, the-y atre and carfare tickets as well `as any one of a long 'listof similar articles suc-h as ceins and keys. Therefore in orderlto provide the wearer with the advantages had both in mittens of the known `type as well as'the familiar separatelyngered glove, the instant mitten has been -so contrived as Ato enable thew'earer to protrude hisor her -fingers from coniinementin ftheiinger pocket so that `objects lof. the foregoing f'class can be Vhandled with the utmost freedom Yof, touch. With this premise in mind the objects-ofthe 'invention are'` as vfollows: v

First, to provide a mitten contrived to enable the wearer to slide his or her fingers out of the mitten when necessary without removing the mitten from the hand.

Second, to provide a mitten embodying a padded grip across the palm, serving the` double purpose of closing orf the air space at the ringer opening and at the same time furnishing a supplemental `grip to aid in grasping'the steering wheel when driving an automobile.

Third, to embody in the mitten a welt strip which not only aids in the reinforcement ,of the mitten but also adds to the attractiveness thereof. Fourth, to provide a mitten wherein the linings are sewn directly and separately to the back and palm portions of the mitten to avoid bunching and wrinkling.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of thev improved mitten.

Figure 2 is a perspective View oi the mitten,

particularly illustrating the linger opening.

Figure 3 is aperspective view of the mitten, i1-

lustrating the specific use according to which the ngers Vof the wearer can be slipped out without yremoving the mitten from the hand. Figure 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the vline, 4-7-4 of Fig, 1, the hand being omitted.

Figure 5 is a cross-section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. fl.

The mitten- I hasl the general aspect of any known kind cf mitten, to which end it includes a vback portion 2, a palm portion Sand a thumb stall 4. But unlike a conventionalmitten the instant article is made with an opening 5 crosswise of the palm (Fig. 2) so that the lingers of the wearer can be slipped out (Fig. 3) to'facilitate the. handling of any one of a multitude of small objects respecting which the sense oi touch is imperceptible inanyordinary mitten. A fingerpocket ,B (Fig.` 4) is included in the mitten I, this `being dened by a part of the `back portion 2' and 4by a palm section l. This section vgenerally is an extension of the palm portion 3,

but in` `order to carryout the principles of the invention 'the latter overlaps the former at 8 an appreciable extent. The pur-pose of the overlap ris, to insurea suiciently effective closure of the *drawn from said pocket, superimposed uponV the palm section 'l and exposed at the opening 5 on top of the palm section I as already referred to in connection with Fig. 3;

A' grip 9 consitutes the virtual margin of the overlap il. This grip is formed by a pad I 0 which extends crosswise of the palm. The pad is in the form of a roll of fairly firm material suchas felt or some preferred equivalent of it, oiering a degree of reinforcement to the overlap v8 but more particularly serving to close off the air space dened by the opening 5 in the normal wearing of the mitten. It can readily `be understood that when the interior of the mitten is occupied by the hand there will be enough upward pressure on Ythe palm section I from the inside as well as a degree of tension crosswise of the mitten to bring the inside of the grip 9 in sulciently close contact with the palm section 'I to close off the air have the inner edge of a welt strip I I sewn to them at I2 (Figs. 4 and 5). The seam I2 which connects the back and palm of the mitten is set in a slight distance from the perimeter or outer boundary of the mitten as well shown in all views. The strip II is superimposed upon the marginal face of the palm, and its outer edge is sewn to the back portion with a row of whipstitching I3. The strip II is desirably composed of a material usually but not necessarily leather,

of a color contrasting with that of the rest of the mitten. Said strip together with the whipstitching I3 reinforces the mitten around the perimeter where reinforcement is needed mostly. Further, it aids the wearer in gripping an object, and its contrasting color gives the palm a slenderizing effect.

Linings I4, I5, and I6 are secured to the respective back 2, portion 3 and palm section 'I by independent stitchings'at I1, I8 and I9. It is preferred not to aiilx these linings by means of the stitches I2, I3 wherever these might happen to meet, because by sewing the linings on independently in the manner stated they are prevented from bunching and wrinkling. Howi ever there are permissible instances where Whipstitching is used as an aid for securing at least two of the linings. For example, a line 2U of vwhip-stitching both reinforces the overlap 8 and secures the front edge of the lining I5. Another line of stitching 2| across the palm 3 aids the stitching 2l) in holding the pad roll I0 in place between contiguous parts of the palm and lining 3, I5. Another roll of whip-stitching 22 bounds the hand opening 23 of the mitten and at the same time secures both the rear ends of the linings I5, I4.

A row of whip-stitching 24 secures the thumb stall 4 in place at the margin of an opening in the palm portion 3. In practice the lining I5 is extended up into the thumb stall although this particular lining is not shown herein. It may be stated, however, that the whip-stitching 25 which bounds a part of the thumb stall and closes the normally free edges at this place also secures that part of the lining which extends into the thumb stall.

Since the mitten is generally loose in character it is desirable to provide for a slight contraction thereof at the wrist. This is accomplished by sewing a resilient band 26 (Fig. 4) crosswise of the palm portion 3 adjacent to the wrist by a line of herring-bone stitching 21. This type of stitching readily lends itself to opening and closing like a bellows when the mitten is stretched or released.

From what has been stated above, it isv plain that the mitten comprises a one-piece back and a two-piece palm. The terms back and palm are employed in a generic sense to distinguish the two major areas of the mittens. In marginally connecting the two areas the palm portion 3 and palm section 1 are overlapped loosely at a place approximately midway of the length of the mitten, thus providing an opening crosswise of the mitten at which .the fingers can escape as clearly pointed out.

I claim:

1. A mitten comprising a one-piece back, a two-piece palm consisting of a palm portion connected to and coacting with the back to contain the palm of a human hand and a palm section connected to and coacting with the back to define a pocket to contain the fingers thereof, said palm portion unconnectedly overlapping the palm section midway of the length of the mitten to provide a cross-opening at which said fingers can be slipped out to an exposed position, and an enlargement incorporated in the overlap of the palm portion and in engagement with the overlapped portion of the palm section for aiding in closing the opening when not occupied by the fingers.

2. A mitten comprising a one-piece back, a two-piece palm consisting of a palm portion connected to and coacting with the back to contain the palm of a human hand and a palm section connected to and coacting with the back to define a pocket to contain the fingers thereof, said palm portion unconnectedly overlapping the palm section midway of the length of the mitten to provide a cross-opening at which said fingers can be slipped out to an exposed position, and a pad roll incorporated in the overlap of the palm portion, providing a grip crosswise of the mitten in superimposition upon a part of the palm section to aid in closing the opening when not occupied by the ngers.

BERT KENNEDY. 

